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Almost all the 408 (who represented 29 denominations) were old China hands who talked about "going home." One such was William Carlaw Chapman, 66, who was returning with his wife to their ruined church at Pengshui and the 3¼ million impoverished Chinese in that area of west central China. Like most of his colleagues, he expected to find changes. "Once our white faces and 'high noses' were enough," he said. "Now we will have to be known for what we are." Said Willi C. Newbern, 46, who first went to China in 1925: "I expect there will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Long Voyage Home | 9/23/1946 | See Source »

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